The following review checklists provide a wide range of typical questions that may be used in conducting Architecture Compliance reviews, relating to various aspects of the architecture. The organization of the questions includes the basic disciplines of system engineering, information management, security, and systems management. The checklists are based on material provided by a member
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Cloud architectures are complex systems with many moving parts and numerous stakeholders. While a clear roadmap and strategy can help keep your infrastructure organized, without a dedicated governing body to take ownership of the system and all its processes as a whole, it will be difficult (if not impossible) to keep your cloud operations aligned
An Architecture Compliance review is a scrutiny of the compliance of a specific project against established architectural criteria, spirit, and business objectives. A formal process for such reviews normally forms the core of an Enterprise Architecture Compliance strategy. Purpose The goals of an Architecture Compliance review include some or all of the following: First and
A key relationship between the architecture and the implementation lies in the definitions of the terms “conformant”, “compliant”, etc. While terminology usage may differ between organizations, the concepts of levels of conformance illustrated below should prove useful in formulating an IT compliance strategy. Irrelevant The implementation has no features in common with the architecture specification